Nutrition & Healthy Eating

Weight Bias in Health Care

On HALO — August 20, 2026

The Burden of Weight Bias

On HALO — August 25, 2026

Nuts, Meat, and the Flaw in Nutrition Studies

On HALO — August 18, 2026

How Prebiotic Foods Keep Your Microbiome Healthy

On HALO — August 7, 2026

The Corporate Playbook Behind Undermining Dietary Guidelines

International Life Sciences Institute, a nonprofit, is accused of being a front group for Coca-Cola and other...

On HALO – August 27, 2026

The Burden of Weight Bias

Please note: This blog and its accompanying video discuss the important and troubling issue of weight bias and...

On HALO – August 25, 2026

Weight Bias in Health Care

Please note: This blog and its accompanying video discuss the important and troubling issue of weight bias and...

On HALO – August 20, 2026

Nuts, Meat, and the Flaw in Nutrition Studies

Do people who eat nuts live longer simply because they replace protein from animals with protein from plants?...

On HALO – August 18, 2026

Micromorts: Putting Risk Into Perspective

A micromort, a unit for comparing and communicating risk to patients, is equivalent to a one-in-a-million chan...

On HALO – August 13, 2026

What Foods Help Hair Growth?

Hot peppers, soy foods, and pumpkin seeds may help with hair loss. Androgenic or androgenetic alopecia is one...

On HALO – August 11, 2026

Peeling Back the Onion Claims

What did randomized, controlled human trials find about the ways we may—or may not—benefit from eating onions?...

On HALO – August 7, 2026

Could Bovine Leukemia Virus be a Cause of Breast Cancer?

As many as 37% of breast cancer cases may be attributable to exposure to the bovine leukemia virus. The incide...

On HALO – August 7, 2026

NDMA: A Cancer-Causing Contaminant in Meds and Meat

Billion-dollar drugs have been pulled from the market for less carcinogenic contamination than is found in a s...

On HALO – August 7, 2026

The Link Between Breast Cancer and a Virus in Meat and Dairy

Exposure to the bovine leukemia virus from meat and dairy (or a blood transfusion from those who eat meat or d...

On HALO – August 7, 2026

How Prebiotic Foods Keep Your Microbiome Healthy

We co-evolved a symbiosis with our good gut bacteria, but we aren’t holding up our end of the bargain. If you...

On HALO – August 7, 2026

How We Eat vs. How We Think We Eat

The so-called optimism bias may get in the way of a healthy lifestyle. Yes, media messages about nutrition are...

On HALO – August 7, 2026